Mid-Century Photo Friday: Halloween spooky

THE MOTELS OF ROUTE 66, an interactive documentary film and book coming soon

“The Motels of Route 66”, a project “in the works”, is documentary film and accompanying book about the iconic vintage motels alongside the Main Street of America, Route 66. The project itself will be traveling the road and capturing the tales within the walls from the motel owners, the travelers and the architecture itself. According to their website, the filmmaker and his crew will embark on a month-long journey along the 2,448 miles of Route

Mid-Century Photo Friday: 1950’s blizzard

With a snowstorm hitting us here in Denver, I thought it might be fun to search for 1950’s Storm photos – here’s a great one I ran across on the Ohio History Site. From the site: “The Thanksgiving snowstorm of 1950 was the deepest in Ohio’s history. Nearly the entire state had over 10 inches and most communities in the eastern half of Ohio measured 20 to 30 inches of snow during this storm. As

Century 21 domed theater is worthy of being listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

We’ve written about the endangered domed theaters in California in the past, and a small victory was won this April by the State Historical Resources Commission agreed that the former Century 21 theater in San Jose is worthy of being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In an article from the Eichler Network, the owner of the Century 21, however, has opposed the listing and wants to tear the dome down. Being named